Outside MA: Brazil, India, Japan

Every so often, I review the COVID-19 cases in other states or other countries based on friends, family, and/or coworkers.

Today, let's take a look at Brazil, India and Japan.

Starting with Japan. Japan saw a first "wave" that saw 743 cases as a peak and mostly under 500 cases per day back in April and then saw a second wave in Aug where they saw round 1,250 per day for a bit. They've been going down but they're still seeing about 500 cases per day. To put these numbers in context, Japan has about 2/5 the population of the US which is seeing around 40,000 cases per day right now...so, at Japan's peak, they saw around 1/12 the rate the US is still seeing. Japan also has 18.5 times as many people as MA... and MA is seeing 450 cases per day right now ... which would be the equivalent of roughly 8,185 cases per day for Japan's population so... 7 times as many as Japan at its peak?

India saw steady increase in cases starting in late April and really climbing in July through September. But they look like they've finally started to come back down. At their peak, they were seeing 100,000 cases per day... but mind you, they have around 4 times as many people so that would be like 25,000 cases per day in the US... so... you know, just keep in mind that even though they just recently got things under control, they really never got to the point that the US still finds itself.

Brazil had a lot of trouble getting a handle on their cases too, only starting to come down starting the end of July. At their peak though, sure they had individual days that reached nearly 70,000, but the average across multiple days was much lower because they had extremes that at roughly the same time went back down to 20,000, so their average was closer to 40,000. 40,000 at their peak with roughly 2/3 the population of the US.... which puts their peak at roughly the same height as the US' peak. They're now at about 30,000/day, which is pretty damn close to the US's rate right now... with the key difference being that they appear to still be going down whereas the US appears to have stopped decreasing.

Stay safe. Stay sane. Stay informed. Stay caring about those not near you.

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